A Principled Technologies Test Report: Commissioned by Dell Inc

DURABILITY AND BATTERY LIFE OF DELL
LATITUDE LAPTOPS
When looking for laptops to purchase for your employees, there are many
factors to consider besides excellent performance. System durability and battery life are
critical factors for today’s workers, who are always on the go. Their laptops accompany
them as they move from office to office, go home for the evening, stop by the coffee
shop, and travel using various modes of transportation.
To fit this lifestyle, workers need laptops with high durability and long battery
life for the occasions when an electrical outlet is difficult to come by.
We tested how the Dell Latitude E5420 and E6420 laptops, both of which come
with Microsoft Windows 7 preinstalled, stood up against competitors from HP and
Lenovo. Both Dell laptops withstood three high drops that severely damaged or killed
the other systems after only one fall. The Dell Latitude E5420 and E6420 batteries also
lasted longer than the competition’s batteries, increasing the time workers could use
their systems by as much as 18.2 percent, or an entire hour of working time!
AUGUST 2011
A PRINCIPLED TECHNOLOGIES TEST REPORT
Commissioned by Dell Inc.
DURABILITY MEETS MOBILITY
Data loss is frustrating and expensive for a company. When workers transport
laptops, accidents can occur that cause a laptop to crash to the floor. If a system isn’t
durable enough, the hard drive containing that employee’s data will fail, leaving the
worker unable to recover any data they haven’t backed up and unable to continue
working. To avoid such a loss of productivity and important data from a broken laptop,
companies should select laptops that are ready for such accidents.
In our tests, we dropped two Dell Latitude laptops and competitors from HP and
Lenovo to the floor from a height of 29 inches. The Dell Latitude E5420 and E6420
withstood damage and protected data, even after three drops. Neither the HP EliteBook
8460p nor the Lenovo ThinkPad T420 emerged intact—each experienced system failure
before we were able to finish our testing.
Dell Latitude laptops kept on ticking

As Figure 1 shows, both the Dell Latitude E5420 and Dell Latitude E6420 offered
up to 18.2 percent longer battery life than the HP EliteBook 8460p and Lenovo ThinkPad
T420.
Battery life, in minutes

500
400
Figure 1: Dell leads the way in
battery life. Results for the
300
Minutes
MobileMark 2007 Productivity

benchmark show that the Dell
Latitude E5420 and E6420 laptops 200
lasted up to 18.2 percent longer
than their competition. 100
0
Dell Latitude Dell Latitude HP EliteBook Lenovo ThinkPad
E5420 E6420 8460p T420
In addition to durability and battery life testing, we also compared the four
systems in performance. For complete information on how our test systems were
configured, see Appendix A.
Durability and battery life of Dell Latitude laptops A Principled Technologies test report 2
WHAT WE FOUND
We conducted every test three times. In this section, we present the results for
the median run of each test. For complete results, see Appendix B.
Battery life testing

As we mentioned above, the Dell Latitude E6420 and E5420 had the best
battery life of the systems we tested: they lasted for 7 hours 34 minutes, and 7 hours 32
minutes, respectively. That’s 20 minutes longer than the Lenovo ThinkPad T420 battery,
and over an hour longer than the HP EliteBook 8460p’s battery, which died after only 6
hours 25 minutes.
Figure 2 shows the median results for our battery life testing using the BAPCo®
MobileMark® 2007 v1.06 Productivity benchmark.
BAPCo MobileMark 2007 v1.06 Productivity

E5420 E6420 8460p T420
Screen brightness 66 nits 67 nits 67 nits 71 nits
MobileMark 2007 - Productivity - Performance
299 306 291 302
Qualification score
MobileMark 2007 - Productivity - Battery Life
452 454 385 432
score (minutes)
MobileMark 2007 - Productivity - Battery Life
7:32 7:34 6:25 7:12
score (hours: minutes)
Figure 2: Median scores for the BAPCo Mobile Mark 2007 v1.06 Productivity benchmark. Higher numbers are better.
Durability testing
We attempted to drop the systems three times each, from a height of 29 inches.
After each drop, we used using HD Tune Pro 4.01 and HDDScan 3.2, tests that assess
hard drive damage, to measure how well the system had protected its data. Once a
system failed to boot, we conducted no further testing on that system.
After the first drop, the HP EliteBook 8460p shut down upon contact with the
floor, and we were unable to get the system to boot, leaving us unable to scan the hard
drive and complete further testing. Part of the display assembly separated from the
display after the drop, which we were able to replace.
The Lenovo ThinkPad T420 fared somewhat better – after the first and second
drops, it booted normally, but the system froze when we attempted to run HD Tune Pro
when the scan reached a severely damaged portion of the hard drive. Note that the
HDDScan bad blocks results in Figure 3 do not represent a complete scan of the entire
hard drive because the system froze; therefore the bad blocks for the hard drive would
be much higher. After waiting 24 hours for the scan to complete, the system failed and
could no longer boot into Windows, so we did not drop it a third time. It also
experienced cosmetic damage, as the display assembly separated from the display,
which we were able to partially pop back into place.
The Dell Latitude laptops stood up to our tests, however. After three drops,
both the Dell Latitude E5420 and E6420 were working fine, with no discernable damage
to their hard drives. The cosmetic damage they suffered was that small portions of their
display casings separated from their displays – and we were able to easily pop those
pieces back into place. Additionally, when we dropped the Dell Latitude E5420, the
screen went blank, and the disk tray popped open – neither of these issues caused any
cosmetic or system damage.
Figure 3 shows the results of our hard drive scans.
Drop testing – physical data protection

E5420 E6420 8460p T420
Drop 1
HD Tune Pro 4.01
System froze during
damaged blocks 0% 0%
scan (no result)
percentage
HDDScan 3.2 bad
0 0 1,215
blocks
Drop 2
HD Tune Pro 4.01
System froze during
scan (no result)
percentage
HDDScan 3.2 bad
0 0 2,668
blocks
Drop 3
HD Tune Pro 4.01
percentage
HDDScan 3.2 bad
0 3
blocks
Figure 3: The results of our physical data protection drop test for the laptops. Grey blocks indicate the system failed completely
and was unable to boot and complete the scans.
Performance testing
Because performance is so important to today’s worker, we used two different
benchmarks to rate the performance of the laptops, and found that the Dell Latitude
E5420 and E6420 are up to completing the tasks workers require.
Figure 4 shows the median results of our BAPCo SYSmark® 2007 Preview v1.06
tests. All four systems showed comparable performance, likely because they feature the
same processor. The Dell Latitude E5420 and E6420 achieved SYSmark 2007 Preview
v1.06 ratings of 191 and 192, respectively, showing that the systems deliver the
performance workers need to complete most business tasks.
BAPCo SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06

Dell Latitude Dell Latitude HP EliteBook Lenovo
E5420 E6420 8460p ThinkPad T420
SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 Rating 191 192 193 189
SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 - E-Learning 175 176 168 174
SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 - VideoCreation 207 209 196 197
SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 - Productivity 171 165 189 170
SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 - 3D 216 222 223 221
Figure 4: Median scores for the BAPCo SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 benchmark. Higher numbers are better.
Figure 5 shows the median results of our Futuremark® 3DMark® Vantage 1.1.0
tests. Both the Dell Latitude E5420 and Dell Latitude E6420 successfully completed all
3D tasks. The Dell Latitude E6420, which features both integrated and discrete graphics,
performed well with a 3DMark score of 2,397, which was better or comparable to the
other laptops, indicating that it can handle even the toughest workloads. The Dell
Latitude E5420, which has only integrated graphics, wasn't far behind with a 3DMark
score of 1,776.
Futuremark 3DMark Vantage 1.1.0

Dell Latitude Dell Latitude HP EliteBook Lenovo
E5420 E6420 8460p ThinkPad T420
3DMark Score 1,776 2,397 1,916 2,523
GPU Score 1,398 1,916 1,512 2,027
CPU Score 9,339 9,693 9,706 9,483
Figure 5: Median scores for the 3DMark Vantage 1.1.0 benchmark. Higher numbers are better.
WHAT WE TESTED
In this section, we present a brief overview of what we tested. For step-by-step
details on how we tested, see Appendix C.

BAPCo MobileMark 2007 Productivity 2007
MobileMark 2007 Productivity 2007 is an industry-standard benchmark that
provides a battery life rating and a performance rating based on common office
scenarios. In our tests, we focus solely on the battery life rating. MobileMark 2007
Productivity 2007 includes applications and workloads specific to mobile systems. These
include office activities like file and document management, data processing, and rich
content creation. This module provides a score for battery life of the tested applications.
MobileMark 2007 Productivity 2007 includes the following applications with
their corresponding tasks:
 Microsoft Project 2003 (project management)
 Microsoft Excel® 2003 (calculation sheets)
 Microsoft Outlook® 2003 (emails, calendars, scheduler)
 Microsoft PowerPoint® 2003 (slide presentations)
 Microsoft Word® 2003 (formatted text documents)
 WinZip® Computing and WinZip Pro 10.0 (compressed archives)
 Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 (manipulated and compressed images)
 Adobe Illustrator® CS2 (manipulated images)
 Adobe Flash® 8 (vector graphics, animation)
MobileMark 2007 measures system battery life in minutes. MobileMark 2007
records system battery life at the start of the Productivity 2007 benchmark. It repeats
the benchmark workload until the system battery life is depleted, or until the system
powers down due to low battery life. At the 7 percent battery life setting,
MobileMark 2007 records a timestamp once per minute. At the end of the
benchmark, it compares the beginning timestamp to the final (last recorded) timestamp.
MobileMark 2007 derives its system battery life rating as the number of minutes
between the start and end timestamps.
We followed the run rules that BAPCo specifies for MobileMark 2007 here:
http://www.bapco.com/support/mobilemark2007/Manual/rules.html.
For more information on this benchmark, see
http://www.bapco.com/products/mobilemark2007/.
Durability testing
To test the drop resistance of each netbook, we performed up to three 29-inch
flat drops onto commercial-grade carpet while the netbook was open and running
MAXON CINEBENCH R10. After each drop, we measured how well each system had
protected its data using HD Tune Pro 4.01 and HDDScan 3.2, tests that assess hard drive
damage. After a system failed to boot, we conducted no further testing on that system.
If the system continued to boot, we completed three drops.
Performance testing
Futuremark 3DMark Vantage v1.1.0
Futuremark’s 3DMark Vantage v1.1.0 benchmark suite tests system GPU
DirectX10 performance, and requires either Microsoft Windows Vista® or Windows 7.
3DMark Vantage v1.1.0 includes testing of GPU-powered physics, DirectX10-specific
features, and procedural volumetric effects. Like 3DMark06 v1.2.0, 3DMark Vantage
v1.1.0 provides an indication of a system’s 3D gaming capability. For more information
on this benchmark, see
http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/3dmarkvantage/introduction/.
BAPCo’s SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 performance metric tests processor
performance in the following four office workload scenarios: e-learning, office
productivity, video creation, and 3D modeling. SYSmark 2007 Preview records the time
the system takes to complete each individual operation in each scenario. For more
information on this benchmark, see
http://www.bapco.com/products/sysmark2007preview/.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Choosing laptops for your business is a crucial decision – the systems workers
use daily must have top-of-the-line performance, long battery life, and the ability to
withstand damage as they are carried from place to place.
In our tests, the Dell Latitude E5420 and Dell Latitude E6420 not only offered
solid performance, but also proved more durable than their counterparts from HP and
Lenovo, withstanding three drops from a 29-inch height with no damage to their hard
drives. In addition, the Dell Latitude laptops we tested lasted up to 18.2 percent longer
on a battery charge than their competitors, which means up to an extra hour of time of
work or entertainment on the go.
APPENDIX A – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION INFORMATION
Figure 6 provides detailed configuration information for the test systems.
System Dell Latitude E5420 Dell Latitude E6420 HP EliteBook 8460p Lenovo ThinkPad T420
General
Number of
1 1 1 1
processor packages
Number of cores
2 2 2 2
per processor
Number of
hardware threads 2 2 2 2
per core
System power
Dell Dell HP Optimized Energy Saver
management policy
Enhanced Intel® Enhanced Intel
Processor power- Enhanced Intel Enhanced Intel
SpeedStep® SpeedStep
saving option SpeedStep Technology SpeedStep Technology
Technology Technology
System dimensions
13-3/4” x 9-5/8” x 1- 13-7/8” x 9-1/2” x 1- 13-3/4" x 9-3/8” x 1- 12-3/8” x 9-1/4” x 1-
(length x width x
5/16” 3/16” 3/8” 1/2”
height)
System weight 5 lbs. 3 oz. 5 lbs. 7 oz. 5 lbs. 7 oz. 4 lbs. 13 oz.
CPU
Vendor Intel Intel Intel Intel
Name Core i5 Core i5 Core i5 Core i5
Model number 2520M 2520M 2520M 2520M
Stepping D2 D2 D2 D2
Socket type and
Socket 988B rPGA Socket 988B rPGA Socket 988B rPGA Socket 988B rPGA
number of pins
Core frequency
2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50
(GHz)
32 KB + 32 KB 32 KB + 32 KB 32 KB + 32 KB 32 KB + 32 KB
L1 cache
(per core) (per core) (per core) (per core)
512 KB 512 KB 512 KB 512 KB
L2 cache
(256 KB per core) (256 KB per core) (256 KB per core) (256 KB per core)
L3 cache 3 MB 3 MB 3 MB 3 MB
Platform
Vendor Dell Dell HP Lenovo
Motherboard
0H5TG2 032T9K 161C 418064U
model number
Motherboard
Intel HM65 Intel QM67 Intel QM67 Intel QM67
chipset
BIOS name and Dell A05 HP 68SCF Ver. F.01 Lenovo 83ET57WW
Dell A01 (04/20/2011)
version (05/24/2011) (03/11/2011) v1.27 (05/17/2011)
Memory module(s)
Samsung
Vendor and model Hynix Hynix Samsung
M471B5273DH0-
number HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 M471B5773DH0-CH9
CH9
Type PC3-10600 PC3-10600 PC3-10600 PC3-10600
Speed (MHz) 1,333 1,333 1,333 1,333
Speed running in
1,333 1,333 1,333 1,333
the system (MHz)
Timing/Latency
(tCL-tRCD-tRP- 9-9-9-24 9-9-9-24 9-9-9-24 9-9-9-24
tRASmin)
Size (MB) 4,096 4,096 4,096 4,096
Number of memory
1 1 1 2
module(s)
Chip organization
(single- Double-sided Double-sided Double-sided Double-sided
sided/double-sided)
Channel
Single Single Single Dual
(single/dual)
Hard disk
Vendor and model Seagate ST320LT007- Hitachi Hitachi
Seagate ST9320423AS
number 9ZV142 HTS725032A9A364 HTS723232A7A364
Number of disks in
1 1 1 1
system
Size (GB) 320 320 320 320
Buffer size (MB) 16 16 16 16
RPM 7,200 7,200 7,200 7,200
Type SATA 3.0 Gb/s SATA 3.0 Gb/s SATA 3.0 Gb/s SATA 3.0 Gb/s
Intel Mobile Express Intel Mobile Express Intel Mobile Express Intel Mobile Express
Controller Chipset SATA AHCI Chipset SATA RAID Chipset SATA AHCI Chipset SATA AHCI
Controller Controller Controller Controller
Intel 10.1.0.1008 Intel 10.1.0.1008 Intel 10.1.2.1004 Intel 10.1.0.1008
Driver
(11/06/2010) (11/06/2010) (01/12/2011) (11/06/2010)
Operating system
Windows 7 Windows 7 Windows 7 Windows 7
Name
Professional x64 Professional x64 Professional x64 Professional x64
Build number 7600 7600 7600 7600
Service Pack 1 1 1 1
File system NTFS NTFS NTFS NTFS
Kernel ACPI x64-based PC ACPI x64-based PC ACPI x64-based PC ACPI x64-based PC
Language English English English English
Microsoft DirectX®
DirectX 11 DirectX 11 DirectX 11 DirectX 11
version
Graphics # 1
Vendor and model Intel HD Graphics Intel HD Graphics AMD Radeon™ HD
Intel HD Graphics 3000
number 3000 3000 6470M
Type Integrated Integrated Discrete Integrated
Chipset Intel HD Graphics Intel HD Graphics ATI Radeon HD 6470M Intel HD Graphics
BIOS version 2089.11 2089.11 BR39846.001 2089.0
Total available
graphics memory 1,696 1,696 2,791 1,696
(MB)
Dedicated video
64 64 1,024 64
memory (MB)
System video
0 0 0 0
memory (MB)
Shared system
1,632 1,632 1,767 1,632
memory (MB)
Resolution 1,366 x 768 x 32-bit 1,366 x 768 x 32-bit 1,366 x 768 x 32-bit 1,366 x 768 x 32-bit
Intel 8.15.10.2347 Intel 8.15.10.2347 ATI Technologies Inc. Intel 8.15.10.2321
Driver
(03/28/2011) (03/28/2011) 8.821.1.0 (02/06/2011) (03/06/2011)
Graphics # 2
Vendor and model
N/A NVIDIA NVS 4200M N/A NVIDIA NVS 4200M
number
Type N/A Discrete N/A Discrete
Chipset N/A NVIDIA NVS 4200M N/A NVIDIA NVS 4200M
BIOS version N/A 75.19.17.01.01 N/A 75.19.15.01.02
Total available
graphics memory N/A 2,244 N/A 2,759
(MB)
Dedicated video
N/A 512 N/A 1,024
memory (MB)
System video
N/A 0 N/A 0
memory (MB)
Shared system
N/A 1,732 N/A 1,735
memory (MB)
Resolution N/A 1,366 x 768 x 32-bit N/A 1,366 x 768 x 32-bit
NVIDIA 8.17.12.6883 NVIDIA 8.17.12.6802
Driver N/A N/A
(06/05/2011) (04/01/2011)
Sound
card/subsystem
Vendor and model IDT High Definition IDT High Definition AMD High Definition Conexant 20672
number Audio Audio Audio Device SmartAudio HD
IDT 6.10.0.6324 IDT 6.10.0.6324 AMD 7.12.0.7700 Conexant 8.32.23.0
Driver
(01/25/2011) (01/25/2011) (11/17/2010) (02/09/2011)
Ethernet
Broadcom®
Vendor and model Intel 82579LM
NetXtreme® 57xx Intel 82579LM Gigabit Intel 82579LM Gigabit
number Gigabit
Gigabit
Broadcom 14.4.2.4 Intel 11.8.81.0 Intel 11.8.84.0 Intel 11.8.84.0
Driver
(02/07/2011) (10/28/2010) (12/21/2010) (12/21/2010)
Wireless
Vendor and model Intel Centrino® Intel Centrino Intel Centrino Intel Centrino
number Advanced-N 6205 Advanced-N 6205 Advanced-N 6205 Advanced-N 6205
Intel 14.0.1.2 Intel 14.0.1.2 Intel 14.0.1.2 Intel 14.0.1.2
Driver
(12/21/2010) (12/21/2010) (12/21/2010) (12/21/2010)
Modem
Vendor and model
N/A N/A LSI HDA Modem N/A
number
LSI 2.2.100.0
Driver N/A N/A N/A
(01/26/2010)
Optical drive(s)
Vendor and model
TSSTcorp TS-L633J TSSTcorp TS-U633J HP GT31L LG GT33N
number
Type DVD-RW DVD-RW DVD-RW DVD-RW
USB ports
Number 4 4 4 4
3 x USB 2.0, 1 x USB 3 x USB 2.0, 1 x USB 2 x USB 3.0, 1 x USB 3 x USB 2.0, 1 x USB
Type
2.0/eSATA 2.0/eSATA 2.0, 1 x USB 2.0/eSATA 2.0/eSATA
Other Media card reader Media card reader Media card reader Media card reader
IEEE 1394 ports
Number 1 0 1 1
Monitor
LCD type HD LED WXGA HD LED WXGA HD LED WXGA HD LED WXGA
Screen size 14” 14” 14” 14”
Refresh rate (Hz) 60 60 60 60
Battery
Type Dell T54FJ Dell T54FJ HP HSTNN-DB2G Lenovo 42T4791
Size (length x width
8-1/4” x 2” x 13/16” 8-1/4” x 2” x 13/16” 8” x 1-7/8” x 3/4” 8” x 2-1/8” x 6/8”
x height)
5300mAh / 11.1V 5300mAh / 11.1V 5600mAh / 11.1V 5200mAh / 10.8V
Rated capacity
(60Wh) (60Wh) (62Wh) (57Wh)
Weight 11 oz. 11 oz. 11 oz. 11 oz.
Figure 6: Configuration information for the laptops we tested.
APPENDIX B – DETAILED TEST RESULTS
Figure 7 shows the complete results for the MobileMark 2007 v1.06 Productivity test runs.
BAPCo MobileMark 2007 v1.06 Productivity
E5420 E6420 8460p T420
Performance Qualification
287 303 291 295
score - Run 1
291 306 290 295
score - Run 2
299 302 289 302
score - Run 3
Battery Life score
452 454 385 432
(minutes) - Run 1
Battery Life score
451 454 385 432
(minutes) - Run 2
Battery Life score
452 455 392 432
(minutes) - Run 3
Figure 7: Complete BAPCo MobileMark 2007 v1.06 Productivity results. Higher numbers are better.
Performance testing
Figure 8 shows the complete results for the SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 test runs.
E5420 E6420 8460p T420
SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 Rating 191 192 193 189
SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 - E-Learning 175 176 168 174
SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 - VideoCreation 207 209 196 197
SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 - Productivity 171 165 189 170
SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 - 3D 216 222 223 221
SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 - E-Learning Run
171 171 170 174
1
SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 - VideoCreation
199 210 193 193
Run 1
SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 - Productivity
172 167 188 168
Run 1
SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 - 3D Run 1 225 222 216 219
181 174 166 174
2
203 207 202 198
Run 2
172 167 187 174
Run 2
E5420 E6420 8460p T420
173 183 168 174
3
219 209 194 200
Run 3
170 161 191 168
Run 3
Figure 8: Complete SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 test results. Higher numbers are better.
Figure 9 shows the complete results for the 3DMark Vantage 1.1.0 test runs.
3DMark Vantage 1.1.0
E5420 E6420 8460p T420
3DMark Score - Run 1 1,776 2,403 1,910 2,517
GPU Score - Run 1 1,398 1,922 1,508 2,019
CPU Score - Run 1 9,339 9,626 9,631 9,662
3D Mark Score - Run 2 1,778 2,397 1,917 2,523
GPU Score - Run 2 1,399 1,916 1,512 2,027
CPU Score - Run 2 9,475 9,693 9,739 9,483
3D Mark Score - Run 3 1,775 2,391 1,916 2,536
GPU Score - Run 3 1,397 1,911 1,512 2,036
CPU Score - Run 3 9,367 9,677 9,706 9,656
Figure 9: Complete 3DMark Vantage 1.1.0 test results. Higher numbers are better.
APPENDIX C - HOW WE TESTED
Preparing Windows 7 Professional x64 for testing
1. Verify that each system has Service Pack 1 installed. If it does not, install Service Pack 1.
a. Download Windows 7 Service Pack 1 x64 (windows6.1-KB976932-X64.exe).
b. Double-click the executable and follow the default screen steps to install the service pack file.
2. Turn off Windows Automatic Updates:
a. Click the Windows Start button.
b. Right-click Computer, and select Properties.
c. Click Windows Update in the left column.
d. Click Change settings.
e. Select Never check for updates, check Receive recommended updates the same way you receive important
updates, and Allow standard users to install updates on this computer.
f. Click OK.
3. Turn off the screensaver and power-management options on each system:
a. Right-click the desktop.
b. Select Personalize.
c. Click Screensaver.
d. Select None from the drop-down menu, and click Apply.
e. Click Change power settings.
f. Under the default power scheme, click change plan settings.
g. Select Never from the drop-down menus next to Dim the display, Turn off the display, and Put the computer
to sleep.
h. Click Save changes.
i. Close any open windows.
4. Note what default power scheme each laptop is set to.
5. Disable Security notifications:
b. Click Control Panel.
c. Click System and Security.
d. Click Change Action Center settings.
e. Uncheck all monitoring alert messages, and click OK.
6. Change User Account Control settings:
b. Click Control Panel.
c. Click System and Security.
d. Click Change User Account Control settings.
e. Move the slider bar to Never notify, and click OK.
f. In the User Account Control dialog box, click Yes.
7. Leave the brightness at the default level, except for MobileMark testing, which requires the brightness to be set
to 60 nits or higher (see the section Conducting MobileMark 2007 testing for specific steps).
8. Check the state of the following hardware items and disable each if it is not already disabled:
 Wireless (use the physical switch if one is available)
 Bluetooth
 IR
9. Capture a disk image with Symantec Ghost.
Antivirus software conflicts
MobileMark 2007 is not compatible with any virus-scanning software, so we uninstalled any such software
present on the laptop PCs before we installed the benchmark.
Pre-installed software conflicts
MobileMark 2007 installs the following applications, which its test scripts employ:
 Adobe Flash
 Adobe Photoshop
 InterVideo WinDVD®
 Microsoft Excel
 Microsoft Outlook
 Microsoft PowerPoint
 Microsoft Word
 Microsoft Visual® C++
 Network Associates McAfee® VirusScan®
 WinZip Computing WinZip
If any of these applications are already on the system under test, they could cause problems with the
benchmark due to software conflicts. To avoid any such issues, before we installed the benchmark, we uninstalled all
conflicting pre-installed software applications, including different versions of any of the programs MobileMark 2007
uses.
Display brightness and power settings
The brightness of a laptop’s display affects its battery life. Therefore, BAPCo requires that, before you test with
MobileMark 2007, you do the following step: make sure the brightness of the laptop’s monitor is greater than or equal
to 60 nits on a completely white screen while the laptop is unplugged and running on battery power. The measurement
follows the standards from the Video Electronics Standards Association
(www.vesa.org/Standards/summary/2001_6a.htm).
We complied with this standard for all the tests we ran by setting the laptop PC’s brightness as close to 60 nits
as we could without going below that brightness level. We used the following procedure before we started each test.
Note: This procedure assumes we began with the laptop plugged into the power supply.
1. To create a completely blank, white screen, open Microsoft Paint by clicking StartAll
ProgramsAccessoriesPaint.
2. Open the Attributes by pressing Ctrl+E.
3. Enter dimensions that are larger than the current screen resolution. For example, if the screen resolution is
1,280 x 800, type 1600 for Width and 1200 for Height.
4. Click OK.
5. Press Ctrl+F to view the bitmap image and render the screen totally white.
6. Wait 45 minutes to allow the screen to warm.
7. Unplug the laptop from the power supply, and measure the display’s brightness using a luminance meter in the
center of the screen. (We used the Gossen Mavolux5032C.)
8. If the reading is below or significantly greater than 60 nits, use the laptop’s keyboard screen-brightness-
adjustment keys to bring the display as close to 60 nits as possible, then retest.
9. Allow the laptop to run on battery power for 10 minutes, re-measure the display, and adjust the brightness up
or down as necessary.
10. Verify that the laptop saved the brightness setting by plugging in the system, unplugging it, and taking another
reading.
Note: If the laptop did not save this setting, use its power-management application(s) to set the brightness
appropriately, and save that setting. If saving the settings is ineffective, use the keyboard brightness setting keys to
adjust the screen to bring the display as close to 60 nits as possible. Next, note how many times you pressed the button
to achieve the desired brightness. After unplugging the system under test, use the keyboard to set the desired
brightness by pressing the brightness button as many times as you previously noted to return the screen to the correct
brightness level.
BAPCo AutoConfig Tool v2.4.1
This tool supports three levels of configuration:
1. Only makes changes that are REQUIRED in order for the benchmark to run.
2. Additionally, makes changes that are RECOMMENDED for repeatable results.
3. Additionally, makes changes that help ensure best results.
We choose Level 3 in the AutoConfig tool.

The BAPCo AutoConfig tool makes the following configuration changes at each of the three levels:
Level 1—Required
 Creates and activates a new power scheme that it names MobileMark 2007
 Disables hibernate, standby, and display standby
 Sets hard drive timeout and CPU power management
Note: See the following Power schemes section for details on this scheme
 Disables Screen Saver
 Disables Windows Update
 Disables Desktop Cleanup Wizard
 Disables User Account Control (UAC)
 Disables Sidebar
Level 2—Recommended
 Completes Level 1
 Disables Windows Security Center warning messages
 Disables Windows Firewall
 Disables incoming Remote Desktop connections
 Disables Windows Error Reporting to Microsoft
 Prevents the Welcome Center from running at startup
Level 3—Best scores
 Completes Level 1 and Level 2
 Disables Windows Defender
Power schemes
The BAPCo AutoConfig tool creates a MobileMark 2007 power scheme, which makes the following power option
changes:
 Additional settings:
o Require a password on wakeup: No
 Hard disk:
o Turn off hard disk after: 3 minutes
 Wireless Adapter Settings:
o Power Saving Mode: Maximum Power Saving
 Sleep:
o Sleep after: Never
 USB settings
o USB selective suspend setting: Enabled
 Power buttons and lid:
o Lid close action: Do nothing
o Power button action: Shut down
o Sleep button action: Sleep
o Start menu power button: Shut down
 PCI Express:
o Link State Power Management: Maximum power savings
 Processor power management:
o Minimum processor state: 5%
o Maximum processor state: 100%
 Search and Indexing:
o Power Savings Mode: Power Saver
 Display:
o Turn off display after: Never
o Adaptive display: Off (Extends the time that Windows waits to turn off the display)
o Display brightness: 100% (We then adjust the brightness percentage to be no less than 60 nits)
 Multimedia settings:
o When sharing media: Prevent idling to sleep
 Battery:
o Critical battery action: Shut down (on battery), Do nothing (plugged in)
o Low battery level: 0%
o Critical battery level: 0%
o Low battery notification: Off
o Low battery action: Do nothing
Installing MobileMark 2007 v.1.06 and configuring the system for testing
1. Turn off the wireless network adapter by using the external toggle switch.
2. Insert the MobileMark 2007 Install DVD in the laptop PC’s DVD drive.
3. When the Autoplay appears, click Run setup.exe.
4. At the Welcome screen, click Next.
5. Accept the license agreement, and click Next.
6. At the Choose Destination Location screen, accept the default location of C:\ProgramFiles
(x86)\BapCo\MobileMark 2007, and click Next.
7. At the Ready to Install the Program screen, click Install.
8. At the InstallShield Wizard Complete screen, click Finish.
9. Download MobileMark 2007 Patch 5 from http://www.bapco.com/support, saving the download to the desktop.
10. Double-click the MobileMark 20007 Patch 5 desktop icon.
11. In the 7-Zip self-extracting archive window, select a location to extract the installation files, and click Extract.
12. Browse to the location of the extracted files, and double-click the MobileMark 2007 folder.
13. Double-click the MobileMark2007_patch folder.
14. Double-click setup.
16. At the Update Complete window, click Finish.
17. Run the BAPCo Auto-configuration tool, v.2.4.1:
a. Insert the Auto-configuration tool disc in the laptop PC’s DVD drive.
b. Double-click BAPCo_AutoConfig.bat.
c. Type M to choose MobileMark 2007.
d. Type 3 to choose the changes that produce the best possible scores.
e. Type R to restart the system when the application prompts you to do so.
18. Adjust the screen brightness to no less than 60 nits:
a. Click the Windows start button, and type power options in the Windows Start Search box.
b. Click Change plan settings.
c. Click Change advanced power settings.
d. Expand the Display option, and change the Display brightness on battery and plugged in to the correct
percentage that produces no less than 60 nits.
Note: If you are unable to save these settings, please see the Displaying Brightness section above.
19. Disable automatic disk defragmentation:
a. Click the Windows start button, type disk defragmenter in the Windows Start Search box, and press
Enter.
b. Click Configure Schedule.
c. Uncheck the box next to Run on a schedule, and click OK.
d. Click Close.
20. Disable System Protection:
a. Click the Windows start button, and type System in the Windows Start Search box. In the search results
that appear, click System under the Control Panel heading.
b. Click System Protection in the left pane.
c. In the System Properties window under the System Protection tab, click the first Available Drive under the
Protection Settings heading, and click Configure.
d. Click the Turn off system protection radio button, and click OK.
e. At the Are you sure you want to turn off system protection on this drive? prompt, click Yes.
f. Repeat steps c through e for any other Available Drives as necessary.
g. Click OK, and close the System window.
21. Disable Windows Desktop Search indexing:
a. Click the Windows start button, type Indexing Options in the Windows Start Search box, and press
Enter.
b. Click Modify.
c. Under Change selected locations, uncheck the boxes next to each indexed location, and click OK.
d. Click Close.
22. Defragment the hard drive(s):
a. Click the Windows start button, type disk defragmenter in the Windows Start Search box, and press
Enter.
b. Highlight the local disk drive under Current status, and click Defragment disk.
c. When the process is complete, click Close.
Conditioning the battery
1. Plug the AC power adapter into the laptop PC, and completely charge the battery.
2. Install MobileMark 2007 v1.06, following the steps we outlined in the Installing MobileMark 2007 section earlier
in this section.
3. Double-click the MobileMark 2007 icon on the desktop.
4. Highlight the Productivity 2007 item in the left panel.
5. Type System Conditioning as the name for this test in the Project Name field in the top-right panel, and
click Next Step.
6. If MobileMark 2007 lists no problems or warnings, click Next Step. If it does list any problems or warnings, close
MobileMark 2007, and correct the problem(s) before proceeding.
7. After the benchmark integrity check, click Next in the Preparing a new test window.
8. When MobileMark prompts you, unplug the AC power adapter. The Productivity 2007 test begins immediately.
9. The test is complete when the laptop PC has fully depleted its battery and is no longer operational when running
on battery power.
10. Plug the AC power adapter into the laptop PC, and completely charge the battery.
Measuring battery life with MobileMark 2007 v.1.06
We performed the following steps to run the MobileMark Productivity 2007 benchmark:
1. Double-click the MobileMark 2007 icon on the desktop.

2. Select the Productivity 2007 test by highlighting it in the left panel.
3. Enter a name for this test in the Project Name field in the top right panel, and click Next Step.
4. If MobileMark 2007 lists no problems or warnings, click Next. If it does list any problems or warnings, close
MobileMark 2007, and correct the problem(s) before proceeding.
5. After the benchmark integrity check, click Next in the Preparing a new test window.
6. When MobileMark prompts you, unplug the AC power adapter. The test begins immediately.
7. The Productivity 2007 test is complete when the laptop PC has fully depleted its battery and is no longer
operational when running on battery power.
We executed the MobileMark Productivity 2007 test three times on the system and took the median battery life
run as the representative score for that test.
Durability testing
This test measures the damage that the impact from a drop of 29 inches inflicted upon an open laptop running
MAXON CINEBENCH R10.
Setting up CINEBENCH R10
1. Download CINEBENCH R10 from http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/697/CINEBENCH_v10.html.
2. Install CINEBENCH:
a. Right-click the CINEBENCH ZIP file, and choose Extract All.
b. In the Select a Destination and Extract Files window, click Browse, click Desktop, and click OK.
c. Click Extract.
Running CINEBENCH R10
1. Launch CINEBENCH R10 by double-clicking the CINEBENCH R10.exe file in the CINEBENCH R10 folder.
2. Enter the MHz frequency of the processor in the MHz (real freq.) field.
3. Click Start all tests.
Conducting the drop test

We used a Lansmont PDT56ED Precision Drop Tester, and dropped each laptop onto commercial carpet. We
opened the laptop so that the screen and keyboard formed a 120-degree angle, and then placed the laptop flat on the
platen. Orienting the laptop in this way resulted in a flat drop. (Figure 10 shows our test setup.)
To allow us to scan the laptops identically, we
booted to Hiren’s boot CDs and installed the hard disk
scanning software to the Microsoft Windows mini XP
virtual machine’s RAMDISK. Running the scanning
software from RAM, we scanned the hard disk with HD
Tune Pro 4.01 and HDDScan for Windows 3.2, and
recorded the number of bad sectors and blocks before
and after the drop test. We also recorded any other
physical defects, such as cracks or breaks in the display,
as well as separated hinges or displaced screws, which
the impact of the drop caused. Refer to Appendix D for
the drop-test checklist. We took still photographs of the
laptops before and after each drop. We dropped each
laptop three times (unless the system failed to boot after
a drop), using this process:
1. Install MAXON CINEBENCH R10 onto the test
laptop, as we outline above.
2. Run EFD Software’s HD Tune Pro 4.01 and
HDDScan 3.2 to get baseline data on the state of
the hard disk. Boot the system using a Hiren’s
BootCD disc.
a. Install HD Tune Pro 4.01: Figure 10: Our physical data protection test setup.
i. Insert a USB flash drive containing
the HD Tune Pro installation executable, and click once on My Computer.
ii. Navigate to the USB drive, and double-click the hdtunepro_401_trial.exe installation file to install
the application.
iii. At the welcome screen, click Next.
iv. Click the I accept the agreement radio button, and click Next.
v. In the Select Destination Location window, click Browse.
vi. Click the RAMDisk drive once to select it, and click OK.
vii. Click Next in the next two windows.
viii. Leave check box empty for Create a desktop icon, and click Next.
ix. Click Install.
x. Leave the check box checked for Launch HD Tune Pro, and click Finish.
b. Run the HD Tune Pro 4.01 Error Scan:
i. Select the Error Scan tab.
ii. Click Start in the right hand pane.
Note: The Error Scan is complete when the Start button changes from grey to black.
c. Save the Error Scan Results:
i. Click the Copy screenshot to clipboard button on the upper right hand menu bar.
ii. Click the Save screenshot button on the menu bar.
iii. Save the screenshot by system name and test name.
d. Click the Copy information to clipboard button on the upper right hand menu bar (it is the first button on
the left):
i. Open a new text file by clicking StartRun, typing notepad, and clicking OK.
ii. In the Notepad window, click EditPaste.
iii. Click FileSave As, enter an appropriate filename using a .txt extension, and choose the location to
save the file (we saved ours to a USB flash drive). Click Save.
e. Save the relevant log files:
i. Click the Health tab.
ii. Click Log in the bottom right hand corner.
iii. In the Attribute pane, click (01) Raw Read Error Rate, and click Export.
iv. Enter an appropriate filename using a .txt extension, choose a location to save the file, and click
Open.
v. Repeat steps 3c and 3d for (05) Reallocated Sector Count and (07) Seek Error Rate.
f. Close the HD Tune Pro 4.01 Hard Disk Utility.
g. Scan the laptop’s hard drive with HDDScan for Windows version 3.2:
i. Copy the HDDScan folder to the WinPE RAMDisk.
ii. Open the HDDScan folder, and double-click the HDDScan.exe executable file to run the application.
iii. Click TasksSurface Tests to open the Test Selection window.
iv. Select Verify from the list of tests, and click Add Test.
v. At the conclusion of the run, double-click the VR-Verify test id in the Test Manager window to open
up the results.
vi. Select the Report tab, and copy and paste the test results into Notepad.
vii. Save the results as a text file.
3. Set the height of the platen on the Lansmont Precision Drop Tester to 29 inches above the surface of the 28 oz.
commercial carpeting.
4. Place the fully charged laptop on the platen of the drop tester, with the laptop’s base flat on the platen and the
screen facing forward, open at a 120-degree angle.
5. Launch CINEBENCH.
6. Unplug the laptop, and drop the laptop onto the commercial carpeting.
7. Wait until the laptop is completely still.
8. If the battery or any other components come off the system, inspect them for damage, and reinstall them if
possible.
9. Complete the checklist in Appendix D, including the latest version available of Dell Diagnostics, if applicable.
10. Take digital pictures of the laptop from all angles after completing the checklist.
11. Stop CINEBENCH.
12. Reconnect the laptop’s AC adapter.
13. Run HD Tune Pro 4.01 and HDD Scan 3.2 using the process in Step 2, and record the results as the laptop’s post-
test disk status.
Performance testing
We conducted the following performance tests:
 SYSmark 2007 Preview 1.06
 3DMark Vantage 1.1.0
Testing performance with SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06
Antivirus software conflicts
SYSmark 2007 is not compatible with any virus-scanning software, so we uninstalled any such software that was
present on the laptop PCs before we installed the benchmark.
Pre-installed software conflicts
SYSmark 2007 installs the following applications, which its test scripts employ:
 Adobe Flash
 Adobe Photoshop
 InterVideo WinDVD
 Microsoft Excel
 Microsoft Outlook
 Microsoft PowerPoint
 Microsoft Word
 Network Associates McAfee VirusScan
 WinZip Computing WinZip
If any of these applications are already on the system under test, they will cause problems with the benchmark
due to software conflicts. To avoid any such issues, before we installed the benchmark, we uninstalled all conflicting pre-
installed software applications, including different versions of any of the programs SYSmark 2007 uses.
Setting up SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06
1. Disable the User Account Control.
a. Click StartControl Panel.
b. At the User Accounts and Family Safety settings screen, click Add or remove user account.
c. At the User Account Control screen, click Continue.
d. Click Go to the main User Accounts page.
e. At the Make changes to your user account screen, click Turn User Account Control on or off.
f. At the User Account Control screen, click Continue.
g. Uncheck Use User Account Control to help protect your computer, and click OK.
h. At the You must restart your computer to apply these changes screen, click Restart Now.
2. Purchase and install SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06 with default settings from
https://www.bapcostore.com/store/product.php?productid=16165&cat=251&page=1.
Running SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06
1. Reboot the system.
2. Launch SYSmark 2007 Preview by double-clicking the desktop icon.
3. Click Run.
4. Select Official Run, choose three Iterations, and enter a name for that run.
5. After the benchmark finishes, record the results.
Testing processor and graphics performance with 3DMark Vantage 1.1.0
Installing and patching 3DMark Vantage 1.1.0
1. Download the 3DMark_Vantage_v110_installer.exe Windows package from
http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/3dmarkvantage/download/.
2. Install 3DMark Vantage 1.1.0 with the default options by double-clicking the
3DMark_Vantage_v110_installer.exe file.
4. At the License Agreement screen, click I accept the terms of the license agreement, and click Next.
5. At the Setup Type screen, click Express, and click Next.
6. At the Ready to Install the Program screen, click Install.
7. When the 3DMark Vantage Read Me page appears in your Web browser, review the document, and click Close
when you are finished.
8. At the Setup Complete screen, click Finish.
9. Launch 3DMark Vantage 1.1.0 by double-clicking on the 3DMark Vantage desktop icon. Enter the registration
code, and click Register.
10. Exit 3DMark Vantage 1.1.0.
Running 3DMark Vantage 1.1.0
1. Reboot the system, and wait 2 minutes.
2. Double-click the 3DMark Vantage desktop icon to launch the benchmark.
3. In the 3DMark Vantage Main section, click the Preset pull-down menu arrow, and select Performance.
4. Click the Options tab, then click the Graphic Tests tab, and ensure that both tests are selected.
5. Click the CPU Tests tab, and ensure that both tests are selected.
6. Click the Graphic Tests tab, and ensure that both tests are selected.
7. Click the Feature Tests tab, and deselect all six tests by clicking the check mark by each title.
8. Click Run Benchmark.
9. When the benchmark run completes, take a screenshot of the results, and record them as follows:
 3DMark score
 GPU score
 CPU score
10. Perform steps 1 through 9 two more times, and report the median of the three runs.
APPENDIX D – DROP TEST CHECKLIST
TEST: __________________________________ UNIT S/N: __________________________________
Dell Diagnostics revision number: ___________
Pre-drop disk scan results: ________________________
Post-drop disk scan results: _______________________
HDD
Verify that HDD is functional
RMS devices
Verify that all internal removable media storage (RMS) devices (FDD, CD-ROM, etc.) are functional
LCD
Abrasion or buffing on the LCD from the keyboard
Loss of pixels at any color layer
Appearance of lines, bars, brightness change, etc.
Broken or deformed parts
Loose or partially unseated connectors
Keyboard
Broken, deformed, or unseated keys
Loss of functionality of any key, Touch Pad, TouchPad buttons, PointStick, or PointStick buttons
External connectors
Broken, deformed, or unseated connectors
Loss of functionality of any connector
Latch
Verify that all latches (display, battery, memory door, etc.) are fully functional
Battery
Verify that the battery is fully functional
Cracks or breakage
Cracks, breakage, deformation, or separation at any point on the display assembly and the base assembly
Paint degradation
Scratches or chipping on painted parts
Floatlines/seams
Separation between LCD back and bezel at any point around display, and between palm rest and base
Hinge caps
Separation or misfit of hinge caps
Doors
Verify that all doors (HDD door, memory door, FDD door, etc.) are fully functional
Screws
Verify that screws are set at their original screw setting
Rubber feet
Movement or dislodging of any rubber (stationary) foot on laptop
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DURABILITY AND BATTERY LIFE OF DELL

Dell Latitude laptops kept on ticking

Battery life, in minutes

MobileMark 2007 Productivity

Battery life testing

BAPCo MobileMark 2007 v1.06 Productivity

Drop testing – physical data protection

BAPCo SYSmark 2007 Preview v1.06

Futuremark 3DMark Vantage 1.1.0

Battery life testing

We choose Level 3 in the AutoConfig tool.

1. Double-click the MobileMark 2007 icon on the desktop.

Conducting the drop test

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